Australian beats Manny Pacquiao for title

BRISBANE, Australia — Manny Pacquiao lost his WBO welterweight world title to Jeff Horn in a stunning, unanimous points decision in a bloody bout this afternoon billed as the Battle of Brisbane in front of more than 51,000 people.

Pacquiao’s long-time trainer Freddie Roach predicted the fight would be short, but Horn — unbeaten in his 17 previous professional fights — applied pressure by winning some of the early rounds and Pacquiao needed treatment during the sixth and seventh rounds for a cut on the top of his head that resulted from a clash of heads.

In one of the undercard fights, Jerwin Ancajas stopped Teiru Kinoshita in the seventh round to win the IBF junior bantamweight title.

Ancajas, a Filipino who fights out of Pacquiao’s promotions company, entered the bout with 13 straight wins since his only professional loss in 2012.

Kinoshita was bleeding from a cut above his right eye, and the referee stopped the fight when Ancajas ripped a right into his stomach and sent the Japanese boxer to the canvas.